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Prospects of medical diagnostics

The accumulation of technological innovations and data obtained recently leads to qualitative and quantitative changes that open up new horizons in this area.

15.05.2015
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Cancer cells can be deprived of immortality

Blocking the activity of shelterin TRF1 destroys telomeres and ensures the cessation of tumor growth against the background of moderate side effects.

15.05.2015
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Watson continues to study to be an oncologist

Doctors "feed" Watson a lot of information, including "fingerprints" of the DNA of tumor cells, existing treatment methods, medical histories and other data relevant to the problem.

12.05.2015
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Breathe into the IR camera

A new computer program, based on data obtained from infrared cameras, can easily identify a person who has taken even a very small amount of alcohol.

08.05.2015
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How are obesity and hypertension related?

Hypertension in overweight rats occurs because the arginase enzyme does not work correctly in their body, which destroys the main source of nitric oxide molecules that help dilate blood vessels.

06.05.2015
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Trachea from the printer

A group of scientists from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine (New York) for the first time managed to print a miniature tracheal skeleton made of biodegradable polymers on a bioprinter.

06.05.2015
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How a heart attack kills a person

Russian scientists from Moscow State University together with colleagues from Ireland were able to clarify the mechanisms of ischemia characteristic of a heart attack.

06.05.2015
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About bioinformatics and molecular evolution

Three weeks before his speech at the Central House of the Journalist, Mikhail Gelfand spoke about the difficulties of bioinformatics and biologists in Russia, as well as about the modern possibilities of studying evolution.

05.05.2015
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We change any blood group to the first

Canadian biochemists using the method of directed evolution have created an enzyme that is more than 170 times more effective than its natural counterpart, "turning" all blood groups into the first.

30.04.2015
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FOXO1 is the culprit of diabetic ulcers

The reason for the slow healing of wounds in diabetics turned out to be that the protein "conducting" the process of wound tightening, with an abnormally high concentration of glucose in the blood, "goes crazy" and begins to interfere with their healing.

29.04.2015
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Appetite regulator – melanocortin-4 receptor

American biologists have found a group of neurons in the brain that encodes signals of hunger and satiety, and found out how it can be reconfigured to deprive a mouse or a person of hunger.

29.04.2015
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The new artificial retina is 5 times better than the existing ones

Tests on rats showed her ability to achieve visual acuity equivalent to 20/250 according to the Snellen table. Such an indicator is considered a serious visual impairment, but the best of the existing bionic eyes provide a value of about 20/1200 – this is almost complete blindness.

28.04.2015
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Will DNA computers replace hardware?

By 2020, the volume of data created and stored by humanity will reach 40,000 exabytes. Less than 100 g of DNA would be enough to store this information, which makes us sincerely believe in the prospect of the development of DNA computers.

24.04.2015
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Lecture on molecular evolution

On May 25, Mikhail Gelfand, a biologist, deputy director of the Institute of Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, will give a speech at the Central House of the Journalist. Lecture topic: "Molecular evolution".

22.04.2015
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I'm changing depression for atherosclerosis

An antidepressant widely prescribed by doctors increased the number of atherosclerotic plaques in the coronary arteries of experimental primates by six times.

21.04.2015
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Diagnostics using a smartphone: details

The new molecular diagnostic system is probably one of the simplest, fastest, cheapest and at the same time working systems that can be imagined.

17.04.2015
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Precision medicine – state support

The aim of the project is to develop approaches to the treatment of patients taking into account information from their medical history, genetic predispositions, economic and social status.

16.04.2015